FADS - A Form Application Development System.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigmod/RoweS82,
  author    = {Lawrence A. Rowe and
               Kurt A. Shoens},
  editor    = {Mario Schkolnick},
  title     = {FADS - A Form Application Development System},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1982 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on
               Management of Data, Orlando, Florida, June 2-4, 1982},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  year      = {1982},
  pages     = {28-38},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/582353.582359, db/conf/sigmod/RoweS82.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/sigmod/82},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

This paper describes FADS - a Form Application Development System which is an interactive system for the development of form-based database applications. FADS reduces the amount of work required to implement a forms application by suppressing much of the detail which would be required by conventional tools (e.g., a screen definition system, a database system, and a programming language). FADS provides direct access to a relational database, a standard model of the user interface, built-in form constructs, and an integrated development and debugging environment. Using FADS, form applications can be developed quickly and the resulting systems are easy to modify.

A prototype implementation of the FADS kernel has been completed.

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